- Perfect Paperback: 392 pages
- Publisher: Dundurn Press (Nov 28 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1926607260
- ISBN-13: 978-1926607269
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #79,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Complex, fascinating, subtle and intensely emotional, this is a book that...will profoundly impact its readers." (Birdseyeview.com )
“Dalton has a way with the written word and with telling this heart-gripping story about hope, love, and doing what's right.” (jjireads.com )
“Dropping you right into the heat of Guatemala, Sheila Dalton proves from the first few pages that she has an incredible eye for detail. The story moves around to a number of diverse locations, but Dalton handles them all beautifully, adding in small details which really enhance the imagery. From the sweltering heat of Guatemala, to the frozen wasteland of Northern Newfoundland, I constantly found myself being sucked into her settings.” (Hookedonbooks.com )
“Amidst all the noise on the web, it's often hard to find the quiet treasures that lie beneath the hubbub of tweeting and tooting of marketing horns. The Girl in the Box is the best literary discovery I've stumbled upon in a long time.” (Sleepingwithpattyhearst.com )
“Dalton has a way with the written word and with telling this heart-gripping story about hope, love, and doing what's right.” (jjireads.com )
“Dropping you right into the heat of Guatemala, Sheila Dalton proves from the first few pages that she has an incredible eye for detail. The story moves around to a number of diverse locations, but Dalton handles them all beautifully, adding in small details which really enhance the imagery. From the sweltering heat of Guatemala, to the frozen wasteland of Northern Newfoundland, I constantly found myself being sucked into her settings.” (Hookedonbooks.com )
“Amidst all the noise on the web, it's often hard to find the quiet treasures that lie beneath the hubbub of tweeting and tooting of marketing horns. The Girl in the Box is the best literary discovery I've stumbled upon in a long time.” (Sleepingwithpattyhearst.com )
Book Description
A Guatemalan girl traumatized by violence commits murder... Or does she? Caitlin Sachs, a Canadian journalist, discovers that Inez, a traumatized young Mayan woman, has murdered Caitlin’s psychoanalyst partner, Dr. Jerry Simpson. Caitlin becomes obsessed with what really happened in Dr. Simpson’s study. Jerry did well by his patients but had issues of his own. Inez, who is mute, becomes a curiosity for the Canadians who encounter her. As Caitlin struggles to uncover the truth about Inez’s relationship with Jerry, Inez struggles to break free from the preconceptions of others. Each must confront her own anger and despair.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Girl in the Box scores as an amazing psychological thriller,
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From page one, author Sheila Dalton takes you on a vivid trip to Guatamala where we are introduced to her surreal characters, Jerry and Inez; a girl with mental issues beyond her parents' ability to deal. She is brought to Toronto where she affects the worlds of not only her mentor, Jerry, but his girlfriend and colleagues. Only after Jerry's violent death do we travel with his girlfriend Caitlin on a journey of discovery as to what really happened. A thrilling story set with poetic tones as deep as the secrets held by one and all in this "can't put down" book. Dalton takes the reader from sadness and despair to solace and hope. Definitely a keeper.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Boxes within Boxes,
This review is from: The Girl in the Box (Perfect Paperback)
The plot of The Girl in the Box revolves around the motivation for a murder. Like the pattern in a kaleidoscope, the reader's understanding of what happpened gradually crystallizes from shards of evidence provided by the three main characters--Inez, an abused and possibly autistic Guatemalan girl, Jerry, a psychoanalyst who rescues her and tries to unlock her psyche, and Jerry's lover, Caitlin, traumatized by Jerry's death at the hands of Inez. Sheila Dalton skilfully leads her readers to perceive that each of these characters is in fact "boxed in": Inez as much by the physcial and emotional abuse she has suffered as by the tiny shed in which she was imprisoned by her relatives, Jerry by his obsession with and inability to truly understand the closed box of Inez' mind, and Caitlin, trapped by her past with Jerry, her unendurable loss of him and her uncertain future without him. Luminously written and subtle in its insights into spirituality and the labyrinths of the human heart, The Girl in the Box is a must-read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Psychological Quest,
By Danielle (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Girl in the Box (Perfect Paperback)
Psychological Quest:Others here have described the plot and characters and I'll leave that. If you enjoy psychological mysteries, you would enjoy this book. It is not a whodunit, but instead delves into the questions: what happened and why. Given that the lead characters are a psychoanalyst and a journalist involved with a mute, traumatized, possibly autistic young woman, it makes sense. For me the most compelling question in a murder is motivation, which is why serial killers are boring to me, being beyond the pale of reasoned intent. Dalton handles this investigation into the mystery of the girl with probing insight. The girl has suffered triple traumas, any one of which might render most people speechless. Her disability is understandable, but makes the job difficult for those trying to rescue and heal her. In some ways Inez's childlike sense of wonder draws people to her; she seems pure as an angel. But, as is pointed out, "silent people encourage projection". This attitude is almost inevitable with a mute person, who only communicates in oohs, aahs, wails, screams, and the like. Her primary trait in this traumatized condition is unpredictability. In some sense, when Jerry rescues Inez, taking her out of the box (the prison her parents put her in), he himself goes into it, metaphorically speaking. And he takes the reader with him. The box becomes her closed-off mind, and to discover its secrets, every one of us must go into that box. So Dalton has managed to lock us in with the enigma that is the girl. It is not an easy journey, but one that has to be taken to find the solution. Why did Inez kill her rescuer, Dr. Jerry Simpson? Dalton's first-hand experiences in Guatemala and her research into psychoanalysis lend an authenticity to her the book. The political turmoil in Guatemala and the intrigue of in-fighting within the psychoanalytic profession are all believable. The point of view switched smoothly by entitling each chapter: Jerry's Story, or Caitlin's Story. Caitlin's voice, her wry sense of humour, is at once cocky and uncertain. The prose in this novel is first rate and exquisite in places. I tried to find examples by leafing through the book after the fact, but wasn't successful in finding the best ones. The following give only an inkling. "and he swam in the spaces created by her gaze..." "Caitlin at night, small enough to curl into a shell against him" "her silence both a shield and portal to a different way of being." "and his face lit up as if someone had clapped their hands in front of a sound-activated lamp." All in all, this is a read for all those who wonder why?
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